{"id":17933,"date":"2023-05-25T17:25:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T17:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/?page_id=17933"},"modified":"2023-05-31T13:01:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T13:01:51","slug":"birch-trees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/?page_id=17933","title":{"rendered":"Birch Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-17935\" style=\"max-width: 1000px; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-19-1 ml-slider-pro-2-18-1 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-17935 ml-slider ml-slider-lightbox-1-11-3 lightbox-disabled has-thumb-nav\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_17935\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_17935\" class=\"flexslider\">\n            <ul aria-live=\"polite\" class=\"slides\">\n                <li data-thumb=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bark-framed-5-AW12.07-scaled-150x100.jpg\" style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-17936 ms-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2327\" src=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bark-framed-5-AW12.07-scaled.jpg\" class=\"slider-17935 slide-17936\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"Bark framed #5 AW12.07\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 82.509669101848%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bark-framed-5-AW12.07-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bark-framed-5-AW12.07-500x455.jpg 500w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bark-framed-5-AW12.07-1000x909.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bark-framed-5-AW12.07-200x182.jpg 200w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bark-framed-5-AW12.07-1536x1396.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bark-framed-5-AW12.07-2048x1862.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bark-framed-5-AW12.07-720x655.jpg 720w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Bark-framed-5-AW12.07-560x509.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Mar\u00eda Elena Gonz\u00e1lez, <em>Bark framed #5<\/em>, 2012 (photograph provided by the artist and Hirschl &amp; Adler Modern)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li data-thumb=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Camo-Forest-2015-150x100.jpeg\" style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-17937 ms-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"580\" src=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Camo-Forest-2015.jpeg\" class=\"slider-17935 slide-17937\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"Camo (Forest) 2015\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 54.827586206897%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Camo-Forest-2015.jpeg 424w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Camo-Forest-2015-366x500.jpeg 366w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Camo-Forest-2015-146x200.jpeg 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Mar\u00eda Elena Gonz\u00e1lez, <em>Camo (Forest)<\/em>, 2015 (photograph provided by the artist and Hirschl &amp; Adler Modern)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li data-thumb=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turn-I-2016.jpg-150x100.jpeg\" style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-17938 ms-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"434\" height=\"580\" src=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turn-I-2016.jpg.jpeg\" class=\"slider-17935 slide-17938\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"Turn I 2016.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 56.120689655172%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turn-I-2016.jpg.jpeg 434w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turn-I-2016.jpg-374x500.jpeg 374w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turn-I-2016.jpg-150x200.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Mar\u00eda Elena Gonz\u00e1lez, <em>Turn I<\/em>, 2017 (photograph provided by the artist and Hirschl &amp; Adler Modern)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li data-thumb=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turn-II-2017.jpg-150x100.jpeg\" style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-17940 ms-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"580\" src=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turn-II-2017.jpg.jpeg\" class=\"slider-17935 slide-17940\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"Turn II 2017.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 57.931034482759%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turn-II-2017.jpg.jpeg 448w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turn-II-2017.jpg-386x500.jpeg 386w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Turn-II-2017.jpg-154x200.jpeg 154w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Mar\u00eda Elena Gonz\u00e1lez, <em>Turn II<\/em>, 2017 (photograph by Eric W. Baumgartner; provided by the artist and Hirschl &amp; Adler Modern)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li data-thumb=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Skowhegan-Birch-2-2014.jpg-150x100.jpeg\" style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-17942 ms-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"568\" src=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Skowhegan-Birch-2-2014.jpg.jpeg\" class=\"slider-17935 slide-17942\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"Skowhegan Birch 2 2014.jpg\" style=\"margin-top: 9.3811881188119%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Skowhegan-Birch-2-2014.jpg.jpeg 1010w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Skowhegan-Birch-2-2014.jpg-500x281.jpeg 500w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Skowhegan-Birch-2-2014.jpg-1000x562.jpeg 1000w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Skowhegan-Birch-2-2014.jpg-200x112.jpeg 200w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Skowhegan-Birch-2-2014.jpg-720x405.jpeg 720w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Skowhegan-Birch-2-2014.jpg-560x315.jpeg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1010px) 100vw, 1010px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Mar\u00eda Elena Gonz\u00e1lez, <em>Skowhegan Birch #2<\/em>, 2014 (photograph by Eric W. Baumgartner; provided by the artist and Hirschl &amp; Adler Modern)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li data-thumb=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CD_MEG-PProll_300-scaled-150x100.jpg\" style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-17943 ms-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CD_MEG-PProll_300-scaled.jpg\" class=\"slider-17935 slide-17943\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"CD_MEG PProll_300\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CD_MEG-PProll_300-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CD_MEG-PProll_300-500x375.jpg 500w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CD_MEG-PProll_300-1000x750.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CD_MEG-PProll_300-200x150.jpg 200w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CD_MEG-PProll_300-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CD_MEG-PProll_300-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CD_MEG-PProll_300-720x540.jpg 720w, http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CD_MEG-PProll_300-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Mar\u00eda Elena Gonz\u00e1lez, <em>Skowhegan Birch #2<\/em>, 2014 (photograph provided by the artist and Hirschl &amp; Adler Modern)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It all began with a fallen birch tree. As faculty at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Mar\u00eda Elena Gonz\u00e1lez encountered numerous birch trees, including those that had fallen. The artist was struck by the visual cadence of birch bark exposed on the forest floor, each piece of bark had its own repetition of lines and form. One morning, Gonz\u00e1lez\u2019s imagination ran wild as she reflected on the birch trees. The lines on the bark paralleled the perforations of piano scrolls.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could these markings on the bark be read as a music composition? If so, what would the trees sound like? Gonz\u00e1lez proceeded to record the bark\u2019s patterns through a series of rubbings on paper and scans and, over the course of several years, adapted the markings to create three unique acoustical sculptures: <em>Skowhegan Birch #1, #2, #3<\/em>. Gonz\u00e1lez created several additional artworks related to the series, including <em>Bark<\/em> (2012), <em>Camo<\/em> (2015), <em>Turn I &amp; II<\/em> (2016-2017), and <em>Clave<\/em> (2017), among others. Taken together, these objects, each incorporating reference to piano scrolls or the texture of birch trees, explore the possibility of sound as a sculptural material, and provide new dialogues between visual arts practice and the world of music composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/?p=17892\">here<\/a> to return home.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It all began with a fallen birch tree. As faculty at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Mar\u00eda Elena &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/?page_id=17933\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"kia_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17933","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17933"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18054,"href":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17933\/revisions\/18054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}